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Anthropology and Law / H. Edwin Anderson III, James M. Donovan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Anthropology & ; 1Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781571814241
  • 9781782386063
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.115
LOC classification:
  • K487.A57 D66 2005
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction. The Thesis of Balanced Reciprocity -- Chapter One. Practical Benefits of Anthropology to Law -- Chapter Two. Practical Benefits of Law to Anthropology -- Chapter Three. Theoretical Benefits of Anthropology to Law -- Chapter Four. Theoretical Benefits of Law to Anthropology -- Conclusion. Outlook and Recommendations -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The relationship between Law and Anthropology can be considered as having been particularly intimate. In this book the authors defend their assertion that the two fields co-exist in a condition of "balanced reciprocity" wherein each makes important contributions to the successful practice and theory of the other. Anthropology, for example, offers a cross-culturally validated generic concept of "law," and clarifies other important legal concepts such as "religion" and "human rights." Law similarly illuminates key anthropological ideas such as the "social contract," and provides a uniquely valuable access point for the analysis of sociocultural systems. Legal practice renders a further important benefit to anthropology when it validates anthropological knowledge through the use of anthropologists as expert witnesses in the courtroom and the introduction of the "culture defense" against criminal charges. Although the actual relationship between anthropology and law today falls short of this idealized state of balanced reciprocity, the authors include historical and other data suggesting that that level of intimate cooperation draws ever closer.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction. The Thesis of Balanced Reciprocity -- Chapter One. Practical Benefits of Anthropology to Law -- Chapter Two. Practical Benefits of Law to Anthropology -- Chapter Three. Theoretical Benefits of Anthropology to Law -- Chapter Four. Theoretical Benefits of Law to Anthropology -- Conclusion. Outlook and Recommendations -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

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The relationship between Law and Anthropology can be considered as having been particularly intimate. In this book the authors defend their assertion that the two fields co-exist in a condition of "balanced reciprocity" wherein each makes important contributions to the successful practice and theory of the other. Anthropology, for example, offers a cross-culturally validated generic concept of "law," and clarifies other important legal concepts such as "religion" and "human rights." Law similarly illuminates key anthropological ideas such as the "social contract," and provides a uniquely valuable access point for the analysis of sociocultural systems. Legal practice renders a further important benefit to anthropology when it validates anthropological knowledge through the use of anthropologists as expert witnesses in the courtroom and the introduction of the "culture defense" against criminal charges. Although the actual relationship between anthropology and law today falls short of this idealized state of balanced reciprocity, the authors include historical and other data suggesting that that level of intimate cooperation draws ever closer.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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